Guild Wars 2 was buzzing all week in the wake of its contentious saga announcement as ArenaNet suggested it hadn’t ruled out another expansion for the game, which our readers at least very definitely want.
Meanwhile, we dropped more impressions of WoW Classic from a newbie and a roleplayer as Blizzard worked on transfers and saw its first level 60 toon.
Read on to catch up with the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions today as every Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
First impressions of WoW Classic – from a total World of Warcraft newbie - The gaming world is abuzz with excitement over World of Warcraft Classic. Players around the world are gushing with nostalgia over this trip back in time. I, however, have never…
Guild Wars 2 community clashes over Icebrood Saga announcement disappointment - It's been a tumultuous couple of days in the Guild Wars 2 community following the announcement of the Icebrood Saga - saga, not season, as ArenaNet is apparently moving away…
Flameseeker Chronicles: What we saw (and what we didn’t) in Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga announcement event - This past weekend’s announcement of Guild Wars 2’s continuation of the Living World story, entitled The Icebrood Saga, was met with all of the fanfare ArenaNet could muster, renting out…
The Soapbox: There is no MMO that can fix a broken MMO community - We've heard again and again how the recently launched World of Warcraft: Classic was going to "fix" the MMO community by stripping away modern sensibilities and conveniences. It's going to…
Cube World is back, and this time it’s launching on Steam this fall - Hey, remember Cube World? The blocky, sandboxy Minecraft clone from Picroma was a big deal when it hit paid alpha waaaaay back in 2013. We loved it, and several us…
Astellia Online offers $10 subscription as an alternative to buy-to-play - With Astellia Online coming out in a few weeks on September 27th, two questions sit on the table. Will you be playing? And how will you be paying for that…
Guild Wars 2 studio says it ‘knows that there’s a demand for an expansion’ - One of the tidbits of info we confirmed back when ArenaNet lost a third of its studio staff back in February was that Guild Wars 2 was not then slated…
Fallen Earth is going offline indefinitely (but hope remains for a reboot) - Fallen Earth's 10th anniversary event is about to become the post-apocalyptic MMORPG's last hurrah - at least for now. Little Orbit announced on Tuesday that it will be taking Fallen…
Leaderboard: Does Guild Wars 2 need another expansion? - [AL:GW2]If you've followed NCsoft's quarterly investor reports for the last many years, you've probably seen dozens graphs of Guild Wars 2's revenues and the impact of expansions and other content…
PAX West 2019: A first dip into Elder Scroll Online’s Dragonhold DLC - The Elder Scrolls Online community event in Seattle at this year's PAX West was one of many firsts for me. For one, this was the first time I'd ever been personally…
WoW (Classic) Factor: The journal of Nieve Vinther – second entry - It has now been the better part of a week since my unexpected sojourn into the path, and for most of that week my mind has urged me to write…
The Game Archaeologist: Is it worth the hassle to update graphics in older MMOs? - "I'd play this game again if the graphics were updated." "If they re-released this game with modern graphics, it would be way more popular." "The Game Archaeologist is my hero,…
Path of Exile’s Blight expansion is just about to go live for PC players - [AL:POE]Path of Exile's brand-new Blight expansion and league is officially live later this afternoon, approximately one hour from the publication of this piece. The servers went down at 1 p.m.…
Check out the trailers for Blade & Soul’s Storm of Arrows, launching September 18 - [AL:BaS]This week, NCsoft quietly announced Storm of Arrows for Blade & Soul, packed with the new Zen Archer class. Players who log in before September 13th will be getting a…
Black Desert releases the complete Megan Fox ‘Follow the Light’ trailer - [AL:BDO]Since the launch of Black Desert's PS4 edition last month, Pearl Abyss has been rolling out a series of trailer clips of a trailer starring actress Megan Fox, who is…
Massively Overthinking: Do you ever feel guilty about ‘freeloading’ in a free-to-play MMO? - A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his play of a certain free-to-play MMO,…
EVE Online studio CCP Games confirms it’s still working on an unannounced MMORPG - For the last couple of years, we've been getting little teases from EVE Online company CCP Games that it's working on yet another MMORPG, courtesy of the studio's hiring page.…
PAX West 2019: Elder Scrolls Online’s Rich Lambert on performance, LFG, and dragons - "Oh man! A new Skyrim!?" proclaimed an eager con-goer as I waited outside The First & Bell in Seattle. As I entered, the venue seemed like was just the perfect place…
Vague Patch Notes: How MMO studio communication and player confidence really work - Here's the funny thing about communication from MMO studios: It's vital to the continued feeling of a healthy game, and yet at the same time that communication includes a whole…
Lord of the Rings Online’s Legendary servers roll out 2011’s Rise of Isengard expansion - For the last week or two, Justin has been nervously playing Lord of the Rings Online's progression server, convinced that Standing Stone was about to drop another expansion and he…
Blizzard confirms Overwatch is launching on the Nintendo Switch on October 15 - The rumors were true: Blizzard is indeed porting Overwatch to the Switch in the form of the Overwatch Legendary Edition. The game will run $39.99 and include 15 bonus skins…
City of Heroes Homecoming players have rolled almost a million toons to date - I've always said that if I could do one thing in video games - you know, besides what I already love and do - it'd be play with metrics. (I…
Anthem’s patch 1.40 brings freeplay changes, returned loot, and a hint toward Cataclysm’s ending - Throughout the Cataclysm event, Anthem has continued to roll out a slow but steady trickle of new loot, arenas, and story missions, but today's patch brought something a bit more…
Ship of Heroes pushes character creator beta to later in 2019, says its toons are more advanced than City of Heroes’ - With summer drawing to a close, Heroic Games is barreling ahead on Ship of Heroes' character creation tool beta, which was originally aimed at summer but now will be out…
Warframe of Mind: Where to look to find the lore in Warframe - When I mention the lore in Warframe, the response I usually get is "There's lore in Warframe?!?" I've even gotten this from some who play the game. Then when I…
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs made by tiny teams - I don't really have to tell you this, but creating an MMORPG is a huge undertaking. These are some of the most complex games in terms of design and technology…
Life skill mastery is live for Black Desert PC as PS4 gets the Dark Knight and Musa - [AL:BDO]Black Desert PC fans tired of console taking up all the air in the room can breathe easy today, as Kakao and Pearl Abyss has pushed out a big patch…
Choose My Adventure: In which Apex Legends makes me feel extremely old - I'm a firm believer of "You can't dislike it unless you know it," a sort of twist on the "Don't knock it 'til you try it" axiom, and for a…
Skyforge’s Ignition update is live on PC with the brand-new Firestarter class - Bring your matches and your pyromania, folks: Skyforge's Ignition expansion is live today on PC, with PS4 following tomorrow and Xbox One hitting Thursday. The patch drops a brand-new random-event…
Wisdom of Nym: Checking the health of Final Fantasy XIV’s healing metagame in Shadowbringers - One of the stated reasons for not getting a new healing job with Shadowbringers is essentially that the development team wanted to work on the overall balance of healing jobs in Final…
Not So Massively: Pagan Online’s launch addresses its biggest beta problems - A few months back, I offered my impressions of Pagan Online's early access build. I found it to be a fun online ARPG hampered by the rather obnoxious mechanics around…
World of Warcraft Classic now has its world-first level 60 player - The rush to endgame in World of Warcraft Classic has crowned the first person to cross the finish line. After a marathon of 79 hours, a Gnome mage player by…
WoW Classic: Free character boosts, Onyxia down, and another dev video - Get a lot done in World of Warcraft Classic over the weekend? Probably not as much as the world first level 60 -- or the guild APES, which managed to…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
Massively OP Podcast Episode 236: Guild Wars 2’s dragons and Vikings
Battle Bards Episode 152: Main Themes 3
The Stream Team: Exploring PixARK’s first expansion island, Skyward
The Stream Team: Get a glimpse of Warframe’s Gauss
The Stream Team: Beginning Dungeons and Dragons Online on Korthos
The Stream Team: Hoping for Hoth datacrons in SWTOR
The Stream Team: Doing EverQuest II’s Days of Summer event
The Stream Team: Celebrating 11 years of Wizard101 with 11 days of specials
Every week, get caught up on the MMO genre’s latest news and Massively OP’s best content in our MMO Week in Review! Want more roundups of content? Try Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all the bits of news we didn’t cover anywhere else.
